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Organization & Address

The provider of this website is GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for  the Social Sciences. GESIS has four locations with the head office in Mannheim:

GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for  the Social Sciences in Mannheim
Institute address:
B2,1
68159 Mannheim
Postal address:
P.O. Box 122155
68072 Mannheim
Germany
Phone.: +49/(0)621/1246-0
Fax: +49/(0)621/1246-100

GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for  the Social Sciences in Cologne
Institute address:
Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8
50667 Köln
Germany
Phone: +49/(0)221/47694-598
Fax: +49/(0)221/47694-199

GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for  the Social Sciences in Berlin
Schiffbauerdamm 19
10117 Berlin
Germany
Phone.:  +49/(0)30/233611-0
Fax: +49/(0)30/233611-310

Management:

Prof. Dr. York Sure-Vetter
President of GESIS
E-Mail: praesident(at)gesis(dot)org

Register Court and Number

Local court: Mannheim

Association register number:  VR1449

Value added tax identification number: DE 814 839 735

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